the u.s. military and civilian presence -- peninsula, u.s. and western energy resources, the u.s. military prison in the muslim paint the, four for nations that oppress muslims, russia, china and india. unless an unqualified real u.s. support and protection. but that is the lifestyle that causes the whir of the united state. and yet, 15 years on, there is an no mention be any serious political figure of ron paul and dennis kucinich. they are motivated to anything more than a bloodlust and a political culture featured in the west. why such the case? it is because america's governing elite keeps interventionism. the default response, witness for example clinton and mccain in the egyptian crisis. from obama to speaker boehner to senator mccain, from "the new york times" to the "washington times," from fox news to national public radio and for most of the u.s. professoriat and punditry to the top pastors of the christian evangelical community, u.s. leaders, left right and center believe there is no political problem of war, general a quality efficient tea, revolution, ethnic conflict,

ah, would the u.s. feel upset about that? should the u.s. say to russia, "okay, yeah, you're welcome in our region too?" >> well i think it's, it's certainly the case that the united states has, ah, has engaged with the countries in the south caucasus in ways that were the tables flipped, we would've found very odd in, in the russian case. but it's also the case that on the ground, people don't perceive russia as the kind of major threat that we sometimes perceive it to be in the united states. if you look at armenia, which recely signed a basing agreement with russia that allows russian troops to stay in the country until 2044. that's not, a country, a country that perceives russia as a major threat does not go through that kind of, that kind of negotiation and sign that kind of agreement. so things, i think, are much more complicated on the ground in terms of the russian regional relationship than we often perceive them to be here. >> what do you think about the, ah, the point that charles made about russia establishing a basing agreement

so the u.s. is trying to beef up its security to find the right kind of trade-off between sharing information inside the government, worried about excessive sharing that may lead to leaking. >> who we have a roving microphone is in the audience. if you have a question, please hold your hand up. the rule is transparency here. if you could say who you are and where you are from. and please try to frame it as a question. >> i am a former british diplomat. i have been reading a lot of the cables at the wikileaks site itself, which has been interesting. i wanted to ask about that editorial decision about what not to publish, particularly, not so much the criteria of harm to individuals, but the possible political consequence of certain cables, which i believe are extraordinarily significant. there is one instance where "the guardian reported and "the new york times" did not that the u.s. was conducting secret surveillance of lebanon at the request of the lebanese government. in lebanese terms, that is

and as the unemployment rate rises in the u.s. more and more women are taking any work going even in the porn industry or go to r.t. dot com to find out more. on a few minutes former russian foreign minister and middle east expert. gives his analysis on the deepening problems in the region but first you guys here for the business update. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update the rally in the oil prices beginning over here is given the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our chief finance minister alexa couldn't says the high revenues will mean lower boring . sure. we're going to cut our initial plan for foreign borrowing due to the high oil price this year it could be cut by around five hundred billion rubles we have an opportunity which we haven't used yet to finance modernization with money from asia in particular this relates to projects in the far east in siberia the money could come in the form of loans foreign direct investment through the placement of projects in asia. let's have a quick lo

u.s. is for anything that's against the ukrainian leadership but the situation in some other countries has to have spiraled out of control with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but you know other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage so they are much more cautious calling for democracy in those countries i spoke to some experts here they say washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states and many analysts and only say for the u.s. is not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests just two months ago secretary of state hillary clinton pronounced herself very impressed by the progress that bahrain is making on all fronts she said that'

where u.s. president barack obama has unveiled his twenty twelve federal budget proposal in which he hunts the country's financial priorities the plan includes budget cuts and tax increases all aimed at reducing the deficit over the next decade and while washington is calling for over three trillion dollars in federal spending experts say regular americans will not benefit from this i think we have a political system that is scholar rhotic and what i mean by that is all the beneficiaries of government spending the companies that get subsidies the military producers who sell goods to the government the working people who get some benefits even if they're small all of them have mobilized to hold on to what they get to make it politically costly for any congressman or woman to go against them those people whose programs will be cut they will be hurt those people whose taxes will be raised they will be heard but these are very small potatoes the basic picture which republicans and democrats alike su

staying with the u.s. we explain to you later this hour a new budget proposal that's making some americans fear even more for their future you can find the plain truth federal spending will fall in the wrong hands and will only benefit those in power. that's still to come for you but first let's move on to lithuania now where disagreeing with the government can land you behind bars an opposition party leader faces julian off to blame his country's authorities for orchestrating a fatal gun battle with soviet troops two decades ago. takes a look at both accounts of that day. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protest is dying after clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of bill if you win you however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagree with the fish equation of the band's good artist polanski this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers were responsible. basing my opin

and in the u.s. the number of jobless graduates continues to grow with many heavily in debt and forced into low paid work. resident adventurer james brown to head south to the pens or region for the latest discovering russia series stay with us. in russian terms the pens region is just a short hop from. around six hundred fifty kilometers southeast and only an hour's plane journey away it's an area that any travelers should explore. the capital panzer is home to more than half a million people and although it's a modern city with a thriving business and cultural scene there are plenty of twits possed around the streets. so this is where the history of penza began back in sixteen sixty three it was founded as a from town on the very first wooden buildings went up right. in front much of the region still consists of forests and if you're interested in seeing some of its best preserved historical sites.

the u.s. from spurge it's going to be my first the country seeks to slosh national debt from a staggering fourteen trillion dollars the proposed version will see seventy eight billion dollars cuts in defense funding over ten years that is significantly less than you could possibly be four hundred billion slashes in discretionary spending including education food safety and environmental protection but if we are coming cuts washington will still account for almost half of the way the tree expenses from some historic home and told us that the u.s. is love of defense lost forever. the defense budget is it's actually higher now than it was at the peak level of spending during the cold war we're spending more on defense and they are spending during the war in vietnam as well and defense spending in the country is actually double since two thousand and one so really i think we need to do a better job of matching our resources and our priorities i think since two thousand and one in this country we'v

down light of the unrest in the middle east the u.s. has come forward with statements were guarding all of these protests except for those going on in iraq so we want to know why the u.s. has been so quiet when it comes to iraq in particular maybe it has something to do with our several year involvement and war in this country well as author michael o'brien next the richest of banker turned prisoners seeks out bernie made off made several claims in his latest interview including one saying of the entire government is a ponzi scheme so is he just spreading the blame or is this con artist right we'll talk about it with richard also how much will the u.s. be directly affected by the conflicts in libya do americans realize that supporting democratic revolutions may end up hurting their wallets we're going to hash it all out with our team financial correspondent lauren lyster then the hacktivists have struck again after concentrating their efforts on defending weekly anonymous has expanded and recently they attacked a web site for the koch b

former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld has lifted the lid on life inside the war on terror publishing his memoirs the book charts as time during the wars in iraq and afghanistan michael o'brien a former u.s. contractor in iraq says wrong rumsfeld still refuses to take full responsibility for his actions. i think it will hurt his reputation because he says he doesn't really take the responsibility for poorly executing the war all it was his war he prosecuted it for and it was carried out by tommy franks who did everything rumsfeld told him to do. he blames paul bremmer well he hired paul bremmer so don't blame the guy that you hired if he wasn't doing the job right then get somebody else he blames all these other people but he was the one responsible for executing the conflict no one else i really do believe that it will like or like robert mcnamara in viet nam i don't think this is going to help donald rumsfeld reputation it's just a book to try and use his selective memory to to describe

this is not good for u.s. diplomacy. the u.s. making an effort to do a lot of things that try to present an image of the u.s. acting in the region in a way that is not just propping up governments. these large arms sales don't help that perception, but there is a lot of financial aid, development assistance, a lot of recognition among diplomats that the people in this region really look at these kind of episodes as america just dealing with these very corrupt, illegitimate leaderships, and forgetting about the people's interests. there has been an effort to counter that. we need a lot of work in the area of public diplomacy. i think these wikileaks have undermined those efforts to the extent that they were getting traction. i think it undermines efforts of the united states and its diplomats to present the u.s. is being a force for good, that we care about the welfare of people and developing society and employment and social issues. it reinforces the narrative that we are propping up these horrible rich teams that are abusive, c

showing u.s. troops gunning down unarmed civilians and two reuters journalists videogame style he was lauded as a hero of transparency. and anti-war ally a human rights defender r.t. america interview decides on the day of collateral murders release and what keeps people on earth and more people in management of a civilization going to understand how the world actually works. in the fourth estate is to get information out about the real world and the second step is to comment on it and to think about it but we need sources can't get. through to the information out to the public a nomadic computer expert with the cache of two hundred fifty thousand classified cables assigned catapulted to the front page of virtually every newspaper in the country with a week's wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks to his foes julian assange is a cyber terrorist and war time he's guilty of sabotage espionage crimes against humanity he should be killed but to his fans a soft spoken activist with the potential t

u.s. forces commander and u.s. ambassador to iraq with the assessment on the transition to civilian control and senate armed services committee hearing thursday. he appeared before the committee to answer questions about a 2008 agreement between the u.s. and iraq that calls for all u.s. troops to withdraw from the region by the end of the year. is hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to our witnesses, u.s. ambassador to iraq james jeffrey. general lloyd austin, commander of u.s. forces iraq. before we begin by want to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of the armed services committee. senator jean shifting, senator richard blumenthal on the majority side, senator robb portman, senator kelly on the minority side. we also welcome back senator john korenisn't who is rejoining the committee after a brief hiatus. this committee has a tradition of bipartisanship. it is a long tradition. it is based on our common desire to provide our men and women in

the u.s. says it's ready to start new talks with russia on further nuclear arms cuts earlier this month a key new treaty the new start between the two countries came into force which will see both sides slash their arsenals by third former u.s. national security adviser brant scowcroft told that the deal is a way to make sure nuclear weapons are never used. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward what it really does is that is continue the framework that we've built up really over fifty years of how to talk and how to deal with the military nuclear issue that if it continues that process and now we can look at ways we still possess over ninety percent of the world's nuclear weapons so we need to work together to ensure that those weapons are never never need to be used and that is to increase the stability of the nuclear bomb so whatever the problem between us there is no incentive to use them and i think now the way is clear for us to sit down and have

u.s. very involved in what is happening in the american government putting forward a number of proposals in terms of how they see the situation in cairo developing one of the proposals on the table is that mubarak step down with immediate effect that an interim government be put in place that is headed by his vice president omar suleiman the egyptian people my age might not support this but they certainly are in agreement that they do not want to be dictated to from the united states from europe from anybody in the international community in terms of what they should do here now the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as well as the u.s. vice president joe biden have spoken with the egyptian vice president almost sort of this too has been greeted with anger on the streets of cairo people here who are you to rating that call that it is their country and their decision in terms of what unfolds here my colleague your image in london took a look at how the international community and parti

the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's. not saying that everything's alright rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the us economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how

well bill in the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy in egypt this is what the egyptian people want it and that's our democracy should work that's the official rhetoric the media here to celebrate new and free egypt and we expect president obama to deliver a speech along these lines congratulating the egyptian people it seems the whole world celebrates its government by the way it's reportedly frozen mr mubarak's bank accounts but little is known about what really happened. last night o'barr excited his address that he was not leaving until september and why is it that he's vice president omar suleiman is announcing his departure what also happened the army stepped up the army which is largely funded by the united states the question is who is now in power in egypt and are the egyptians really free washington can hardly be impartial when it comes to power struggle in egypt it's a strategic location for the united states mubarak has been a close ally for thirty years the u.s. has been pumping bill

bill in the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy in egypt mubarak laughed and this is what the egyptian people want and that's how a democracy should work but that's the official rhetoric but little leaves no one about what really happened in cairo last night when barak said in his address that he was not leaving until september and why is it that his vice president omar suleiman is announcing his the parcher what also happened the army stepped up the army which is largely funded by funded by the united states and the question is who is in power in egypt right now washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle it's a strategic location for the u.s. mubarak has been a close ally for thirty years the u.s. has been pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military and that they don't want to lose that there is a great chance that they won't lose that although the official position is is up to the it's up to the egyptian people to choose their next leader

and the u.s. is facing an increasing population of overqualified janitors as the country is struggling economy to provide for college graduates. next artie's adventure james brown head south to the pens a region for the latest in our discovering series stay with us. in russian terms the pens region is just a short hop from. around six hundred fifty kilometers southeast in only an hour's plane journey away it's an area that any traveler should explore. the capital cleanser is home to more than half a million people and although it's a modern city with a driving business and cultural scene there are plenty of twits possed sit around the streets. so this is where the history of penza began back in sixteen sixty three it was founded as a firm to town on the very first wooden buildings went up.

u.s. corporate earnings have lifted new york stocks to the highest closing level in over two and a half years. overnight the dow jones industrial average rose 61 points or half a percent to finish the session at 12,288. that's the highest closing level since june 2008. investors bought a wide range of stocks as the solid performance of major computer and farming equipment makers raised the outlook for america's economic recovery. better than expected housing starts in january added to the buying momentum. >>> u.s. housing starts in january jumped 14.6% from the previous month. that was the highest rate of increase since september last year. the u.s. commerce department said on wednesday that january starts rose sharply to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 596,000 units, just 540,000 units had been forecast, but the report says permits for future home construction dropped 10.4% in january from december last year. construction permits are an indicator of the outlook for the housing market

you've seen the u.s. government kind of flood the market with cash for these kids coming out of school and one of the other things the u.s. government does is they've ease the rules around getting student loans so if you're still in school and you're still taking on more and more debt it doesn't really matter that you're unemployed if you have you know can get that graduate degree the big problem is going to come when all of these people come out of school and they have graduate degrees and there's still no jobs and that's one of the problems that china also is actually having right now is they simply have too many people with too many diplomas in their hands and nowhere to really put them but let's talk about psychologically the way that this will have an effect on this generation too because you have a lot of people that are i love this term the biggest business you could use are in weight which is that you get out of college maybe then you live with your parents and you're kind of just waiting for some

the u.s. wants an orderly transition as they say president obama said hosni mubarak statement on the transition of authority it was not clear and needs more explanation mubarak basically said in his address that he was not going to run for president in september and egyptians will have the chance to elect whatever leader they choose but in the meantime he said he was not going anywhere we spoke with senator ron paul earlier and he thinks mubarak is following washington's plan we have a lot to do with. being in power and staying in power like we subsidize and we oh no these are puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and i understand his family probably has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts and other places around the world washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle in egypt it's a strategic location for the uighurs mubarak has been a close

we're similarly looking for same-store sales for u.s. stores to be flat to down this year again, after a disappointing year last year. >> tom: walmart fell 3% on the news. volume was twice normal. the sell-off brings the stock back to prices it saw for the better part of four months late last year. other retail earnings include macy's fourth quarter coming in a nickel better than estimates. its own house brands and exclusive merchandise got the credit. home depot also beat the street. unlike walmart, home depot saw strong growth at its u.s. stores. and it's raised its guidance. still, macy's and home depot fell 1% after their earnings reports. dollar tree may be one to watch tomorrow with its earnings call. one company relying on retail, v.f. corporation, is better known for lee jeans, vans shoes, and north face outdoor gear. the stock took off today, up 7% to a new high. a strong quarter and better outlook helped. we saw amazon.com move in more direct competition to netflix. amazon started an unlimited streaming video service with 5,000

,the u.s. is still out in the lead, but we're increasingly coming up with ideas that then make other countries money because they are producing the gadgets that, um, are designed in the u.s. >> and david, what about things like the world bank and the international monetary fund which of course, had their major headquarter offices in the united states and for a long time have had a u.s. tint to their advice and their activities and so on? are other countries gonna salute and say, yes sir, when the united states, when the world bank tells them how to do something with their economy? have we lost credibility in that area? >> i think the jury's still out on one of the important issues in, in the old washington consensus which is the, the question of the role of the state and, and size of government. and, uh, i, you know, i don't think the u.s. can, can claim to have all the answers on that or, or anything else. the one area in which china has not copied the u.s. in which we, we really need to, for

says the u.s. . american occupation of afghanistan has already exceeded all possible saw that mistake in that country and accomplished even more than that in a negative sense and simultaneously having missed all the positive developments that war triggered and promoted by the soviet union intentionally or not in afghanistan i'm not going to justify the soviet military campaign in afghanistan however i do believe that the current american military campaign in afghanistan provides and ample evidence to exonerate the soviet political economic and military presence in afghanistan from the rays e g u of the united states information agency of propaganda which ruled supreme during the cold war battle you know afghanistan the economic objective was to distribute the farmland to farmers and that's why the armed forces will fighting the landlords the united states do not try the landlords befriending the landlords and have turned them into the drug lords and the main negative success story for the united stat

you mean the u.s. government, whom do you expect -- the u.s. government? >> well,. [inaudible] in some form. >> i mean, it's a tough one. i mean, there are, definitely, signs that the u.s. government is much more concerned about the impact of the internet to national security than it ever was. up until now in part payoff with wikileaks, in part because now they suddenly discovered that there are a lot of people around the globe who just with the help of their computer can, you know, launch a cyber ea tack -- cyber attack. and that was just them at first. it's not organize od crime. in europe in and elsewhere they just feel passionate about wikileaks. so there is definitely, i think, the severeness of the threat that the internet poses. i'm just not sure that the is new more, any less, you know, generous if you want to put it in terms about the internet. i mean, you get, you know, the person who actually is extremely, i think, concerned about the internet who has been, you know, calling for an internet kill switch, to have a button to turn it off to, you know, prosec

and staying with dollars in the u.s. we explain to you later this hour a new budget proposal is making some americans fear for their feet to find out why they think trillions in federal spending will fall in the wrong hands only in power . to come for you a little later but first let's move on to lithuania where disagreeing with the government can land you behind bars an opposition party leader faces jail off to blame his country's authorities for orchestrating a fatal gun battle with soviet troops two decades ago. takes a look at both accounts of that day. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protesters dying out the clashes with sylvie troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state civil if you waning however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagreed with the official version of events a good artist polansky this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers would responsible i am basing my opinion on the witnesses and

u.s. to make some tough choices. >>> a first look inside the rehab facility where congresswoman giffords is working hard to get her life back. >>> outbreak, something is slowly killing off some of florida's greatest treasures, and incredibly it's related to the economic crash. >>> and high note. we know jill scott is a grammy award-winning singer, but wait, there's more to her story. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we've been covering our lead story tonight, steadily watching it grow and what started in cairo, the uprising, we saw before our very own eyes has now spread to libya, among other places, where it is shocking to see a depiction of moammar gadhafi on fire, but there it is. pictures from social media making their way from the internet to us and then around the world. this chain of nations where a lot of rulers fear they may be next also makes it tough for the u.s. in knowing how to respond and when. again tonight we go to

antigovernment protests are also going on the u.s. sponsors the yemeni government in exchange for their food cooperation the chasing down terrorist suspects experts say the unrest there is very dangerous for the united states as well the stark there for the sing rhetoric that we've seen here in washington many analysts say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests. now more on the global impact of the unrest in the middle east and north africa coming your way shortly here in r.t. before that let's take a look at what's ahead this hour accusations of states negligence positive trends in ukraine are pointing the finger at the government as they suffer from a shortage of vital medication. western nations are debating multi-billion dollar aid deals for what's seen as democratic and economic transformation in north africa and the middle east but while politicians in europe and the u.s. say the west should show the region the tangible fruits of freedom man i believe the ti

state, u.s. interest and u.s. response. yesterday the state department issued a very carefully worded statement calling on both sides to show restraint, regretted loss of life but did not specifically call on the government to implement any of the reforms being demanded by the protestors. how key is the u.s. stake in bahrain and what do you think explains the reaction? >> the american stake is considerable. the u.s. has maintained a significant naval presence in the persian gulf for a long time. bahrain is home to the headquarters of the u.s. naval fifth fleet. the u.s. has been the sole provider of security for many of the arab states in the gulf, including saudi arabia and kuwait as demonstrated by several wars against iraq in the last 20 years. so the u.s. has a vested interest in seeing the durability and the stability for the el khalif, the ruling family in bahrain. this is tied over the long term to american materiel interests in the persian gulf. it's about oil. >> warner: and to you, what about the saudi factor here

is this any good for the u.s. economy at all does it bring does it do anything for defense does it do anything for democracy does it do anything for the economy doesn't succeed on any level in terms of the economy it's a smaller percentage than you might think probably about four or five percent. of the g.d.p. is for military spending a lot of it it's strategically located in places like. ohio where speaker of the house john boehner is in california where the head of the armed services committee buck mckeon is in hawaii where daniel inouye the head of the appropriations committee in the senate his so it exerts an influence larger than its economic weight and what that means when they try to for example cancel a system like the f. twenty two fighter plane as was done they have to almost give a payback to the company what they did was. they cut the f. twenty two by four billion they added four billion to the f. thirty five another lockheed martin products so they basically kept the jobs base satisfied in the contrac

u.s. navy's fifth fleet the big question mark for washington of course is iran because it does not have a strong american influence there in these clashes that happened today wednesday a lot of protesters were holding up and t. even with signs they were they were chanting anti american slogans and the feeling is growing within iran as it has been for some time against the american administration if we look back at what inspired a lot of these events the toppling if one can call it that of president mubarak in egypt the united states was given conflicting messages at the beginning of the demonstrations it seemed to support mubarak the u.s. had supported for thirty years and then slowly changed its support to the demonstrators and by the time a barak was overthrown it clearly put itself of the demonstrators the people you're asking the question of this doesn't really change the u.s. influence particularly in egypt because now the army is in place and for years the u.s. has been financing wit

well it certainly may it is threat coming directly from the u.s. it's politically motivated it's an effort to shut down wiki leaks to intimidate others from taking action of revealing u.s. secrets which are enormous it's the way the government does business but particularly the threat or the possibility that julian assange could be brought to the u.s. when you consider the terrible conditions under which bradley manning is held. really locked down the isolation in solitary confinement to form of torture but many many it's very much a threat against chile. songe also but many people will argue that june in the sun she leaked a lot of information that could potentially put u.s. national security in danger therefore shouldn't be held accountable for that. absolutely absolutely not this is information that people of the world's people of the u.s. people in every country have a right to know and all of this material should be in the public domain it is the secrecy. and the way in which political struggle is political conduct is carried with threat of ar

as for the role of the u.s., the u.s. is a major importer ofil. the u.s. is the lone superpower in the world. the u.s. of course will have rol-- role. that will be more hands off and it has been in the past year this is an opportunity. ople who see this as a problem may see this as a challenge for america because we have to change the way we've done business with these people. i would characterize it more as an opportunity for the u.s. to create a relationship finally with arab countries, and our society, rather than arab dictators. we have heardg secretaries of state in the u.s. saying that egypt has been a friend of ours. that's not true. egypt has not. president mubarak has been a friend to the u.s. the u.s. has not tried hard to make friends with actual egyptians. w these are young people not beholden to the u.s., but not anti-american writer. integuments of revolution across the arab world, people have not been burning the american flag. people not been hanging effigies of the president of the united states. these people are suspicious of the u.s. and

u.s. was vocal in voicing support for democracy and some of the mideast protests but now washington has come under fire for its handling of on ras closer to home find out what words from the midwest are slamming the government for ignoring their fight for rights while supporting foreign protests. rushes among the states preparing to evacuate their citizens from libya the aggravating political crisis one hundred fifty russians have been reported trapped at a railway construction site in the desert although altogether there are over five hundred currently working in the country at a national at a meeting of the national counter-terrorism committee and russia's north a resident of war the escalating violence in the arab world could bring dangerous consequences are to sour first has more now we've heard president medvedev speaking today at a security meeting and he was addressing the situation in the middle east north africa and what we had been saying was about talking about the real danger n

is not in u.s. interests. this is an odds with the image of the alliance tries to project a strong union where every opinion matters even the people in the street understand that washington is calling the shots so. left right left right and much yeah so this is this is what is happening and in reality that is what people know so what does this say about nato speech or nato. as well as this all and then. you who are the nato military alliance by you so it's absolutely impossible because it's not until it's us grace the documents published so far haven't exactly uncovered anything groundbreaking but if every member a nato is supposedly equal it has raised questions over whether the u.s. will really trust the alliance our own gas trainers our of our r t. the arab world is shaking as the wake of anti-government protests started in tunisia and egypt continues to rage across the greater middle east thousands have been clashing with police in yemen's capital for a whole week and now they're watching archy's exclusive

u.s. chamber of commerce today. this meeting happened close to the white house and the president walked across the street to make his remarks. we're opening our phone lines to get your take on what the president said. more specifically, the obama administration and the business community are looking to continue on that theme from the state of the union on jobs and the economy. the chamber of commerce and the president have not had the best relationship and have rubbed up against health care and other issues. here are the numbers on your screen host: our first call is john's, phoenix, arizona, republican line. caller: as a small-business owner, i've watched this today. i need a shovel that there was so much money were being spread out. if these guys ever had to work in a business and keep it open, the president is talking about giving them a tax credit with this insurance. take 10 employees and you pay $10,000 for each one of those employees, that is $100,000 per year and will give you 30 p

the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have i been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings united states has a long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president egypt is the second largest recipient of american aid in th

the u.s. president obama has signed the new strategic altered auction treaty with russia the deal already approved on the level of moscow where genes the country's nuclear arsenal by palace of. the expelling a russian diplomat say the allegation is that the moscow intelligence stole irish identities for spying russia has responded with a warning that serious consequences. how the united states coped twenty three and five million people in the vietnam war next we look at the history of that time straight the eyes of soldiers who fought on signs the following reports contains volunteered for. how many people died in the vietnam war we knew nothing of the americans with some position it is just over fifty eight pounds each with his or her name engraved on the vietnam memorial wall in washington d.c. but how many of you to me not to mention million cambodians died with the u.s. . news probably no one would know for certain in one thousand nine hundred five vietnam released a figure of a million ci

what is interesting after that meeting with the u.s. ambassador the u.s. state department put out an all to call in all americans to get out of egypt so i'm not sure how well that meeting with the u.s. ambassador went i don't think barrett i actually sees themselves as leadership material he probably sees themselves as a bridge to the egyptian people form the government a unity government that they want and he's prepared to broker back to you but i really hope that the western powers don't underestimate the egyptian people yet again and what we're seeing in egypt today we will see i predict right across the arab world and staying with egypt now where mass protests and violence continue to dominate world headlines r.t. is alice it chicken or examines how some western media choose to betray such events in a manner that suits their own political agenda. riots and outrage have the same face no matter where on the world map they take place. you were or the middle east britain or egypt when people do this. the world should know it's time to listen to what they h

that the u.s. has been snooping on nato is top official and using its leverage to confront closer ties with russia whistleblowers revelations have prompted further question marks over the way the alliance works. the way of venting government protests raging across the middle east gathers pace dozens of rioters have been killed in libya hundreds are injured in the capitals of german and after clashes with police and. also the crew of a simulated space flight to mars take their second walk on a mocked up surface of the red planet it's part of an eighteen month long program which aims to study the psychological of facts a possible next step. next as promised it's time for a cultural show moscow out this week martin andrews discovers how to make life more affordable in the russian capital known to be one of the most expensive cities in the world. hello and welcome to the program no moscow is famous for being one of the most expensive cities in the world so on this week's show and we'll see just how low

but first u.s. congressmen and pentagon officials are debating how best to trim the country's fourteen trillion dollars national debt president barack obama has already proposed cutting the massive defense budget by seventy eight billion over the next five years well the pentagon is making sure the cut doesn't come at the expense of america's ability to wage war all non-essential programs are being slashed the proposed budget will actually see the pentagon spending grow this year we cannot cross live to the u.s. capitol and talk to me she's from the national security center for american progress thanks very much indeed for joining us here on our team the defense secretary robert gates is asking for nearly six hundred billion dollars for the military now that equates to half of the entire world's combined defense budget but since the u.s. is involved in afghanistan and iraq and we're seeing this turbulence in the middle east surely this money is justified the u.s. needs this money doesn't it you know

the dire economic situation in the u.s. has created a youth unemployment bomb with millions of graduates failing to find jobs start paying off their college debts and those lucky enough to find work are massively overqualified for their positions are. reports the international children's fund has worked for almost a century help the less fortunate than other nations now we want to tell you about a problem a little closer to home. for only fifteen thousand and he said today he'll give everything he needs to survive the idea of adopt a grad maybe a joke but modern day post college survival is most certainly not have seventy six thousand dollars and hunted by tuition debts larry is one of america's college degree owners facing the job market that has long ago thrown out the welcome mat young people have twice the unemployment rate of most americans college grads are stepping out into the world in the worst time to try to land a job with around two million of them unemployed forcing many to forget about their skills and agree t

the u.s. congress is trying to renew the patriot act which allows law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail records lawmakers insist the aim is to defend the public from the threat of terror but many say the cost to civil liberties is just too high art is going to reports. major provisions of the patriot act about to expire are due to be extended by lawmakers brought in by the bush administration as an emergency anti terror measure the act gives sweeping powers to these orders to spy on people but the u.s. senate's judiciary committee is in a real hurry to rubberstamp rather than discuss and debate the far reaching measures they expire in three weeks and i think there is not time really to go through. a major change in those there was no time either for real debate back in two thousand and one when the patriot act was adopted weeks after the nine eleven attacks according to congressman dennis listen it was the lawmakers hadn't even read what they were passing what happened once t

u.s. politicians famous for the people they make when uprising of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule. from our studios here in central moscow this is the twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak evolves to remain in office until september in a televised national dress he said he will not step down and foreign pressure he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar. pointed out the demands of the. and legitimate. they will receive hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square erupted into angry charts against him it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of between pro and anti-government protesters. well with the u.s. major player in the region professor michael vlahos of the u.s. naval war college told me earlier that the outcome of the protests is vital for washington. but the u.s. got in a sense step by step it got sucked